the nature-worshiping, fun-loving adventurer’s guide
by Hilltromper staff
May 1, 2017—A year from now, an O'Neill Sea Odyssey crew...
by Eric Johnson and Traci Hukill
Jan. 16, 2017—The campaign to create the Cotoni...
by Eric Johnson
Dec. 16, 2016—Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, research associate at the...
State Parks volunteer docent training starts soon. Pick a park and sign up to help make Santa Cruz area parks more welcoming, interesting and fun.
The heavy rain and warm ocean provided by El Niño has put local wildlife into categories of winners and losers.
El Nino rains could aid research on the population of California giant salamanders—or their close, not fully formed relatives—found in the Porter Cave system under UC-Santa Cruz.
Why do these tiny little insects make us mighty uncomfortable?
The clash of the titans resumes! Elephant seals return to Año Nuevo State Park every winter to battle, breed, and sunbathe!
The warm waters of El Niño are helping hot pink sea slugs return to the Northern California coastline.
For every bottle of Woodland Critters sour ale sold, Discretion Brewing will donate $2 to the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County.
New research explores the intriguing ways decorator crabs camouflage themselves from the predators of Monterey Bay.
Make a serious dent in that Santa list of yours at the Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks ParkStore holiday sale, Dec. 4-6 at the Mission Adobe.
Lyndon Rive, co-founder of SolarCity, sees business and technology as world-changing tools.
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